#44 | When Doing It All Breaks You: The Hidden Stress Response Running Modern Motherhood
The Discerning Mother
Motherhood exposes everything you once managed to outrun. Old wounds. Old patterns. Old beliefs about what you must do to be worthy, loved, or safe. In this conversation, I talk with my good friend, Dr. Amber Curtis, about the pressure women feel to hold everything together and the quiet collapse that follows when the body finally says “enough!" We explore the roots of perfectionism, the invisible trauma that shapes a woman’s identity, the stress responses that masquerade as strength, and the way faith becomes twisted into performance when a woman was never taught how to receive love without earning it. Dr. Curtis shares her story of postpartum depression, suicidal ideation, and the long road back to truth, safety, and God’s mercy through deep nervous system work. This episode is for the woman who has never allowed herself to fall apart, who keeps pushing because she does not know another way, who loves her family fiercely yet feels pulled thin by her own expectations. You will walk away with clarity, compassion for your story, and a new way to understand the reactions you can no longer explain. Connect with Amber: https://solutionsforsimplicity.com/ Chat with her on IG Connect with Brigid www.loretowellness.com Join The Dwelling Place: A Christ-centered community for women ready to heal their minds, bodies, and stories. Learn more & join here Take the FREE Quiz to see how your birth is still affecting you → [Link] Instagram: @brigidtebaldi
About Podcast
Welcome to The Discerning Mother, the podcast where building a thriving business and becoming a whole woman are not two different goals. Most wellness podcasts will tell you to regulate your nervous system. Most business podcasts will tell you to try another strategy.
This one will tell you why those won't work.
This is where faith, health, and business strategy collide.
Each week we talk about:
- How your nervous system is either building your business or quietly sabotaging it
- Why rewiring your nervous system and identity unlocks what regulation never could
- Real strategy for scaling without burning the woman behind the brand
- What Catholic/Christian theology has to say about money, ambition, and becoming
- How to have more without doing more
- Doing it all while being a present, joyful, peaceful mother & 6 or 7 figure business owner
This is not hustle culture with a rosary or prayers on top. This is the real work; the kind that changes what you are capable of in your business, your body, your marriage, and your motherhood (& by default, the world! Right, St. Mother Teresa?!).
Whether you are listening as you prep for a client call or folding laundry, it's time for you to dive in!